DEVIN O'LEARY

PDX Site Director

• Hometown: Boston, MA
• Current Residence: Portland, OR
• Been at SCRAP since: July 2021  
• SCRAP expertise: Bringing together new and borrowed ideas to help the arts community thrive.   
• Favorite store item: fabric, mixed paints, vials and test tubes, oddities, and peculiarities.
• Favorite Creative Reuse Project: painted and built critters, visibly mended saves on broken things. 
• What they’re up to off the clock: Painting, drawing, reading, walking, cooking, learning about fungi and flotsam, emphatic plant-dadding, exploring, and running around in too many directions at once.

Pronouns: he, him, his

devin.o@scrapcreativereuse.org

ADRIAN BROWN

Creative Reuse Center Coordinator

• Hometown: Portland, Oregon (by way of Bossier City, Louisiana) 
• Current Residence: Portland, OR  
• Been at SCRAP since: October 2020
• SCRAP expertise: Metals (jewelry making, sculpture), fibers (knitting/crocheting, felting, sewing, etc.), woodworking, decorating, general craftiness. I’m a Jane of many trades!   
• Favorite store items: Whatever’s in my hand at the moment; I love it all so much! 
• Favorite creative reuse project: Cork board jewelry storage/display
• What they’re up to off the clock: Hiking, disc golfing, reading, writing, working late into the night in my metalsmithing studio, walking in the rain, always trying to learn something new.

Pronouns: she, her, hers

adrian.b@scrapcreativereuse.org 

FARRAH HALSEY

Donations Coordinator

• Hometown:  Rochester, NY
• Been at SCRAP since: May 2020
• SCRAP expertise: Processing & sorting donations, merchandising, point of contact for donors and interested parties, keeping those shelves stocked full o'goodies
• Favorite store items:  Metals, Leather and Sewing Notions
• What they’re up to off the clock: Arting, music (drums/dj), gardening, metalsmithing and jewelry design

portlanddonations@scrapcreativereuse.org

HOLDEN MORRA

Volunteer Coordinator

• Hometown: Cleveland, OH  
• Current Residence: Portland, OR  
• Been at SCRAP since: February 2019 
• SCRAP expertise: Finding things among the chaos, memorizing prices, fawning over cute fabrics, and talking all day   
• Favorite store items: Nice jars, vintage stuff, weird things, buttons, trim and sparkly stuff. 
• Favorite creative reuse project: Knitting needle crowns 
• What they’re up to off the clock:  Watchin  t.v,  loving my pets, sewing, cooking, sleeping and trying to figure out what to do with all the stuff i brought home from SCRAP.

portlandvolunteer@scrapcreativereuse.org

LEAH ASHLEY

Donations Specialist

• Hometown: Santa Cruz, CA 
• Been at SCRAP since: February 2021
• SCRAP expertise: Donations processing,  and merchandising   
• Favorite store items: Craft books, patterned fabrics and anything creepy or spooky
• What they’re up to off the clock: Hanging out with my dog, watching horror movies and crafting

portlanddonations@scrapcreativereuse.org

CODA EKSTEDT

Reuse Specialist

• Hometown: Corvallis, OR 
• Current Residence: Portland, OR  
• Been at SCRAP since: August 2018
• SCRAP expertise: Abolishing go-outs, organizing chaos, and makin' cute doodles for signs   
• Favorite store items: Mostly-empty sketchbooks, weird lil toys, tiny tins, anything cute or creepy! 
• Favorite creative reuse project: Drawing & painting on re-use surfaces (tub lids, CDs, etc), making jewelry out of weird metal bits, collaging everything ever onto pieces of old, abandoned foam core
• What they’re up to off the clock: Drawing on everything, blasting music, having hours of existential thoughts, and skating around the city semi-adequately

Pronouns: he, him, his

portlandshop@scrapcreativereuse.org 

LIV MARKWALDER

Education Specialist

• Hometown: Queens, NY 
• Current Residence: Portland, OR  
• Been at SCRAP since: August 2021
• SCRAP expertise: Building 
  relationships with other outreach organizations within the community, brainstorming creative reuse craft ideas, and supporting kids to color outside the lines.   
• Favorite store items: Maps, National Geographic Magazines, comics, vintage photographs, art from old advertisements, anything from the nostalgia bin (especially 90’s action figures), & all the art supplies. 
• Favorite creative reuse project: 
  Fabric Portraits & Surrealist Collages.
• What they’re up to off the clock: Escaping to the coast,  zealously taking photos of nature,  loving my rabbit, playing indoor  soccer, jotting down sketch comedy ideas, cartooning and/or watching cartoons, and taste-testing every hot  sauce and creating my own.

portlandeducation@scrapcreativereuse.org 

MAYA WINSHELL

Reuse Specialist

Info Coming soon!

Andra Vltavín

Reuse Specialist

• Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT 
• Current Residence: Portland, OR  
• Been at SCRAP since: November 2021
• SCRAP expertise: Being the muscle, managing donations, running the register
• Favorite store items: Yarn! 
• Favorite creative reuse project: Using wool that would otherwise be wasted
• What they’re up to off the clock: Starting an eco-friend yarn mill, writing poetry, caring for my angora rabbits, and doing acroyoga!

Pronouns: they, them

portlandshop@scrapcreativereuse.org